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| | Travel Shorts -- Offbeat Short Travel Items |
 | | Jesse James Farm & Museum in Kearney Odd perhaps to think of Jesse James as having a boyhood home, but on September 5th, 1847, the man who would become the most famous outlaw in the world was born in the log cabin portion of the house at the James Farm. |
 | | Learn more about the group of Federal soldiers who lynched Frank and Jesse's step-father, Doctor Reuben Samuel, in an attempt to gain information on the activities of the Confederate guerrillas. |
 | | Portland residents Carl Baldwin and Caren Anderson opened a compact storefront gallery in which the walls are covered, floor to ceiling, with paintings of sad-eyed clowns, tropical landscapes, and, of course, Elvis. |
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